God of Goodness
God of Justice
Fill this New Year
With a bundle of miracles
Teach our rulers
Not to steal, not to lie
Tame their greed
Curtail their crimes
Save our days from the deafen-
Ing Allahu Akbars of the mosques
Protect our ears from the madden-
Ing megaphones of Allelujah churches
Safeguard our fate in our cash-and-carry courts
Reform Professors who profess Unknowing
Remind the billionaire Prelate
About the beggars behind the gate
Protect our sanity
From the difference of tribe and tongue
Let Kindness trump
The warrant of hate and war
God of Goodness
God of Justice
Redeem our rulers from their evil ways
And us, the ruled, from our damnable indifference
*First appeared in this column on Jan. 14, 2018
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